Frozen River, Trouble The Water take top prizes at Gothams

It was Sundance redux at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, as Park City's grand jury award winners Frozen River and Trouble The Water were named best feature and best documentary, respectively.

Frozen River, a drama about illegal immigration, is directed by Courtney Hunt and produced by Heather Rae and Chip Hourihan. Tia Lessin & Carl Deal directed and produced Hurricane Katrina documentary Trouble The Water.

At the 18th annual Gothams, presented by IFP, the Breakthrough Director honours went to Lance Hammer for Ballast, which also won the best director award at Sundance.

The Gotham award for Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You, which comes with a new cash prize of $15,000, went to Nina Paley's Sita Sings The Blues. That winner was selected by the editors of IFP's Filmmaker magazine and a curator from the Museum of Modern Art.

Leading the performance categories, Melissa Leo won Breakthrough Actor for Frozen River.

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